The House of Representatives passed a 45-day stopgap spending bill on Saturday after after Republicans refused to abide by a deal cut with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling over the summer. The vote was 335-91, with 90 Republicans and 1 Democrat (Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) voting against the continuing resolution (CR). The bill will now go to the Senate.Among other things, this means Trump is a paper tiger. He commands the fealty of some House members, but not enough of them to actually control the government. They make the most noise, but when it comes down to the nut cuttin’, they ain’t in charge.
Matt Gaetz, one of the main antagonists to McCarthy throughout the process, was seen sitting in the back of the chamber alone on his phone.They’re just sittin’ in the back, talkin’ on the phone. A majority of none.
I’m beginning to notice a pattern that Matt Gaetz talks a lot of shit and never backs it up.Yup. Kinda like Trump.
AOC (unsurprisingly) has a good take on it:
Here’s what went down: we just won a clean 45 day gov extension, stripped GOP’s earlier 30% cuts to Social Security admin etc, staved off last minute anti-immigrant hijinks, and averted shutdown (for now).
People will get paychecks and MTG threw a tantrum on the way out. Win-win
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